Maximien Hercules

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Maximien Hercules ( Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus ) (v. 250 - 310) was Roman Emperor of 285 - 305 and usurper in 310.
285 - 286: Maximien is established with Mainz to fight against the Bagaudes.
Born meadows from Sirmium in Pannonia, about the year 250. It was useful initially like private, then rose in the hierarchy. It was useful under the emperors Aurélien and Probus, then it accompaga Carus in its forwarding against Persians into 283. It was associated with the empire by Dioclétien, of which he was the comrade in arms and the friend. It was charged by him with all the government with the occident; it had under its orders the césar Constance, which ordered in the prefecture of the Gaulle S.
After having overcome the Carpes and the Iazyges on the Danube, it went to Spain then to North Africa or of the Moorish tribes had revolted. The year 305, he abdicated at the same time as Dioclétien; but begun again soon capacity in 306 with the assistance of his/her son Maxence, who, itself, had been just made proclaim majestic. When Maximien wanted, in 307, to strip his/her son Maxence, his troops revolted against him. It was obliged to take refuge as a Gaulle, at Constantin, who had married his daughter Fausta. Soon, also betraying his son-in-law, he wanted to make it assassinate. The plot was discovered and Maximien was seen reduced to be strangled. He perishes with Marseilles in 310.

Maximien had made build the Roman Villa of Casale in Sicily.

It appears in the legend of holy Catherine of Alexandria.

Successive names

  • Is born Maximianus
  • 285, made César by Dioclétien: Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Caesar
  • 286, made Auguste by Dioclétien: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus Herculius
  • 287, receives the nickname of Germanicus Maximus
  • 289, receives the nickname of Sarmaticus Maximus
  • 295, receives the nickname of Persicus Maximus
  • 297, receives the nicknames of Britannicus Maximus Carpicus Maximus
  • 298, receives the nicknames of Armenicus Maximus Medicus Maximus Adiabenicus Maximus
  • 310, titulature with its death: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus Germanicus Maximus V Sarmaticus Maximus III Persicus Maximus II Britannicus Maximus Carpicus Maximus Armenicus Maximus Medicus Maximus Adiabenicus Maximus, Pontifex Maximus, Herculius, Tribuniciae Potestatis XXI, Consul IX, Imperator XXI, Lord's Prayer Patriae

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